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Brazilian posters win 1st prize in Bolivia
Brazilian art director Carlos Vinicius Lopes won the main award at the 3rd International Biennial of the Poster in Bolivia. The exhibition was held at the Museo San Francisco in La Paz, during November 2009. The theme of this edition of the Biennial was “Migration”, and Lopes’ poster series “Sobreviver” (“Survive”) was elected by the Jury the recipient of the U$3,000 prize…
Os Gêmeos Create a World on a New York Wall
Roberta Smith writes for the New York Times: “With their first public artwork in Manhattan, which went up at the northwest corner of Houston Street and the Bowery on July 17/2009, the Brazilian brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, who call themselves Os Gêmeos, bring graffiti art to its Rococo phase” [...]
DDB Brasil wins several awards from Communication Arts “2009 Advertising Annual”
Communication Arts Magazine announces the winners of its 2009 advertising competition. Now in its 50th year, the prestigious competition selected 155 projects, representing the work of 97 firms, for inclusion. DDB Brasil was awarded for several campaigns, including FedEx, in which Fedex Express service is presented in an advertising campaign in Brazil showing the personal side of its service [...]
Brazil featured on Advertising Age’s “The Best of Latin American Marketing in 2009″
Highlights From Ad Age International Partner Adlatina’s Annual Rankings: Sky Brasil, Hyundai Brasil, HSBC Brasil among the best campaigns of 2009. As part of its awards, Adlatina has also named outstanding marketing executives of the year.
Paste Magazine interviews Eduardo Recife
Brooke Hatfield, from Paste Magazine, interviews Eduardo Recife, who shares of some really interesting sources of inspiration, like one earliest artistic memories is of a robbery: One night after dark, he and a friend were midway through their first attempt at pixação, a Brazilian graffiti style, when thieves ambushed them. Recife, now 29, has become a prolific illustrator, collage artist, font designer and photographer with a bevy of high-profile clients like The New York Times, HBO[...]
Lobo featured on Creative Review’s “The Annual”
The April/2009 issue of CR features The Annual, showcasing the best work of 2008. CR goes through the process of how Lobo’s wonderful hand-crafted title sequence for Brazilian TV series “Capitu” — a Brazilian TV mini-series adaptation of 19th-century novelist Machado de Assis’ work, Dom Casmurro — was made:
Campana Brothers redesign Lacoste logo
Fernando and Humberto Campana’s version of the famous symbol illustrates the way crocodiles congregate in the wetlands of the Pantanal region.
Rogério Duarte exhibition in Australia reviewed by UK’s Grafik magazine
UK monthly graphic design magazine Grafik features a review of Rogério Duarte’s exhibition in Australia in its issue #180.
CLIO honors Marcello Serpa with “Lifetime Achievement” award
Marcello Serpa, partner and general creative director, AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil, was selected by the international Clio Awards as the recipient of its distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for 2008. “Throughout his career, Marcello Serpa has clearly embodied the tradition of creative leadership, integrity and dedication to great ideas that are the cornerstones of the Clio Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Tony Gulisano, managing director, Clio Awards. “It is our honor to present him with this award.”
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná featured on the “World’s Best Design Programs” list by BusinessWeek magazine
Companies in every industry have adopted design thinking to offer fresh insight in functions from strategy to finance. BusinessWeek selected 39 master’s and MBA programs from North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia that significantly integrate design thinking and business. Students in these programs take classes in art, management and science, for example, and create projects in multi-disciplinary teams with students from other schools. They aim to use design for strategy rather than merely for aesthetics and may find jobs as design managers, researchers or business consultants. These 30 programs have formally established hybrid curricula [...]
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